There is going to a be a D1 Men's Coaches Poll this year as well which will be made available on College Tennis Online. The 1st poll for them is due to be released this Tuesday. It will be interesting to see what kind of differences there are between the ITA's Computer poll and the Coaches poll. I believe the coaches poll will be just the Top 25 and not the Top 75 like the ITA's.

Men's Singles & Doubles Rankings. Singles rankings are reflective of the Fall Results and the Top 20 looks pretty good to me. Ronnie Schneider is the highest ranked freshmen at 16 with George Goldhoff (Texas) not far behind at 24.

I assume it's because Schnur did not play any fall ITA matches that he is not ranked in any poll. Are there other players that may not have played ITA tourneys this fall that might impact the rankings?

I assume it's because Schnur did not play any fall ITA matches that he is not ranked in any poll. Are there other players that may not have played ITA tourneys this fall that might impact the rankings?

It would be interesting to see who is supposed to win the NCAA title according to to the five poll voters who voted "Other." I will take the eight teams listed in the poll and they can have "the field." Maybe $1000 would make it interesting (just joking, but I wonder about the difference between clicking a button and having to put your money where your mouth is).

Couple of roster moves in the top 5 that could be big for those teams title hopes.

Georgia: Wayne Montgomery will not join the team this season as planned.

USC: Connor Farren is on the roster along with a 21 year old player from Norway, Sander Brendmoe. Farren should be able to contribute; don't think Brendmoe will at least not based on results at the Future level.

Couple of roster moves in the top 5 that could be big for those teams title hopes.

Georgia: Wayne Montgomery will not join the team this season as planned.

USC: Connor Farren is on the roster along with a 21 year old player from Norway, Sander Brendmoe. Farren should be able to contribute; don't think Brendmoe will at least not based on results at the Future level.

Ohio State: Constantin Christ is no longer on the roster.

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In that case, I change my list of three title contenders from UCLA/Virginia/Georgia to UCLA/Virginia/USC. Connor Farren is for real. He is even a pro tennis player according to his own web site this fall.

Nice lineup for the Sherwood Cup this weekend - UCLA, USC, Baylor, Stanford, & Pepperdine sending players. USC newcomer Connor Farren will be tested early with Robert Stineman in the 1st round and likely John Morrissey in the 2nd and then potentially Clay Thompson in the 3rd.

Duke vs. Elon LiveStats. Duke is playing without Michael Redlicki. Injury? With Mengel taking a medical redshirt year, they need to get Redlicki healthy to beat teams like Kentucky, which they face on Sunday.

EDIT: Maybe Duke needs Redlicki healthy so they can beat Elon. This is looking bad for the ACC at the moment. My predictions about UNC challenging Duke look accurate at the moment.

When the final match reached 5-5, I figured Kowalski was serving again in a pressure game. It did not even occur to me that they were playing a tiebreaker at that point. That just feels really weird at the conclusion of a dual match, regardless of whether my team wins or not.

Different scoring system is different and will take some getting used to, I get it. But to blame Duke's loss on that as the sole reason, really cheapens the win for Elon. The way I look at it is, no matter the circumstances the better team (or player) will win. Today, Elon was the better team and they deserved to win. It's not like they played rock, paper, scissors to decide the winner.